Review: Limited Time Magic Easter Egg Hunt

We are visiting Disney World for the 20th Annual Flower & Garden Festival and were happy to hear we would be able to take part in a Limited Time Magic event.

©Mary Liebman

But this was an Easter Egg hunt. Really, could traipsing around Epcot looking for eggs really be that fun? For adults? For an extra $4.95 plus tax, which you have to pay for a map and stickers?

Surprisingly, yes. It was a lot more fun than we were expecting.

Today through March 24, you can search for 10 Easter eggs at either Epcot in Florida or the California Adventure in California, according to the Disney Parks website.

Each 18-inch egg is decorated with the face of one of 10 characters -- Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Chip, Dale, Goofy, Pluto, Figment and Perry the Platypus. And one is hidden in each country in the World Showcase (except Mexico; talk about feeling left out). You have no idea in which character is in which country. When you find them, you put the corresponding sticker on your World Showcase map.

At first, it seemed a little silly. But we decided we were on a mission. As we headed to the Canada pavilion, we noticed several other groups, adults and kids, who walked all over the pavilion, looking in windows, under bushes, atop buildings and in flower gardens.

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Where's Perry? In Canada. Can you find him?

Cast members are happy to help, but they aren't going to make it too easy for you. We asked for a little general guidance -- would the eggs be outside or in? -- and got a broad response, "Well, either, but most likely outside." That was not a lot of help. So again we and handfuls of others scoured for this egg. This was not as easy as we had originally thought, but we finally found the egg. This is our only spoiler: You'll find Perry on the egg in Canada.

We then went on to hunt for eggs, eat and see entertainment around the World Showcase. After a while we figured out where to look for the eggs, and most of them are pretty easy to find, although in some cases it depends which way you're approaching the country. One major hint, all of the eggs are out of the reach of little hands.

In the end it was a pleasant day around Epcot. When we finished the hunt, we returned to the Port of Entry store and showed them the completed map to get our special Vinylmation key chains.